So I'm not sure if I want to or not but I have two female gliders and possible male I'm debating rehoming. I just feel like I don't spend enough time with them and I feel bad honestly and I try and make more time for them but with work and the other animals I have they kind of get like last thoughts. I was just curious if there was anyone in Wisconsin that would be wanting to take them again I'm not sure if I want to rehome or not but I've been debating it. I really love my male and the females always seem to take away from his time and I would hate to see him be lonely again. I guess I'm just putting out some feelers for possible good homes.

First off where are you located? There are some food people on Sugar Glider Guardians on Facebook that are looking to add to their colonies. I would maybe check them out.

Okay thanks I will check them out. Also I'm located in Oshkosh,Wisconsin.

I'm an admin of Sugar Glider Guardians We help many folks rehome, surrender, adopt, foster etc... and have many resources in legal states nation wide.

That being said, if the male and two females are a bonded colony ( all living in the same cage ) It isn't advised to separate them and only rehome 2 out of 3 leaving one behind and alone.

Honestly, Having 3 gliders takes no more time than having 1 when they are all in the same cage as a colony. They can all be in a bonding bag at the same time during they, they can all have tent or bathroom time at the same time, and should be able to eat of the same plate unless there is food aggression and they require more plates, and your only maintaining one cage.

I'm not trying to argue the fact that you feel you don't have enough time for them. I'm just saying if you have time for one I don't see why you don't have time for all 3. I have a colony of 6 they don't require any more time than if I had a single which I do as well. I alternate days between the two cages. I guess the other thing I'd like to point out is, if you rehome the girls, who will keep the male company when your busy ?


I'm not trying to guilt you into keeping them, so please don't take it that way. I fully support anyone rehoming their gliders and so does the guardians group. I'm just being honest with you. I see many different reasons for rehoming countless times a day and I also see many owners who really don't want to rehome their gliders but feel guilty for not having enough time. That is probably the number 1 reason stated for rehoming.

Sometimes the owner just needs a little help, encouragement... To be quite frank sometimes they just need to be let off the hook for feeling guilty. The glider community as a whole can make owners for guilty for not spending enough time with their gliders. When in reality, MOST owners don't spend 12 hours a day with their gliders, or even 2 hours a day. I personally know some folks that don't take them out at all UNLESS the glider wants to and comes out onto the owner, other wise they stay in the cage.

I can tell you right now I rarely take my gliders out of the cage at night and I don't feel guilty about it in the least and I'll tell ya why. My gliders don't particularly WANT out of their cages at night. All the fun stuff is IN their cage, they have their wheel, toys, food, sleeping pouches etc... why would they want to come out to play in a bathroom? When I have them out during the day, they will explore the living room which is where the cages are and when they get tired every single one of my colony of 6 will go in their cage on their own and climb in their sleeping pouch. Usually about 20 minutes after exploring the living room. I used to worry about all 6 being out at the same time, it's a lot to keep up with lol but now, if I lose track of one it's because he/she is already back in the cage. Of course I do a head count to be sure lol.

I'm just saying your gliders don't neeeeeeeeed to be on you for x amount of time, they Neeeeed to be fed well, a clean cage, clean water supply, some toys and safe wheel and loved. Now if basic living conditions aren't being met by all means rehome them all. But please don't feel you have to rehome them simply because of the time you feel they require. The glider community has some high standards that they hold all gliders too, most owners don't come close to meeting that bar. The thing is, most owners won't admit it for fear of the community back lash and drama.

I didn't intend for this to be this long, so I do apologize. If you are still cosidering rehoming them all feel free to join Guardians https://www.facebook.com/groups/sugargliderguardians/ My name is Carla
https://www.facebook.com/carla.sloan.1


I also would like to share this with you so it's about to get a whole lot longer. It was written by a veteran of the glider community.

"Thinking of rehoming your sugar glider due to lack of attention? Read this first!
Hello! My name is Sherri Lamb and I am the owner of Newby's Glider Nook and Sugar Gliders ABC's and 123's. I have been a glider owner for 9 years (heading into my tenth) and I have had probably a couple hundred gliders come through my home either because they were born and bred here or they were either rescues or rehome situations and needed my help in finding them new permanent homes and I would like to share with you some of the things I have learned.Sugar gliders are social animals (yes thats true) but they are not social animals to the point that they always crave human interaction to be happy. Do they like spending time with us? Sure! Some of them do, but it is not something that they have to have to be happy or healthy. They need us to feed them, take them to the vet when they are sick or injured, clean their cages and offer them safe cage bedding, toys and wheels and hopefully a friend or 2 if they are accepting to that (not all gliders get along with others). There are those exceptions to the case where you have a glider or 2 that really do crave our attention, but honestly those kinds of bonds aren't as common as most people think.
Some people believe that you HAVE to spend many hours a day every day with your gliders for them to be happy or to create that amazing bond. When in actuality you do not have to, of course it is good to spend as much time with them that you can when you first get them......its not a rule or law that you have to for the rest of their lives. I hate to say, you may never have an amazing bond with a glider regardless of how much time you spend with it because that may not be what that particular glider wants. Some just want to be play time gliders, some may want to be cage gliders (and thats fine too) and some may want to be cuddlers. If you own sugar gliders you need to be realistic with yourself. Life happens sometimes and you may not be able to spend 24/7 with them. I will use my life as an example......When I first got gliders I had a pretty normal job, I was an assistant store manager of a fast food restaurant and had 3 teenage children and a new husband. We also had other pets and animals....dogs, cats, snakes, birds, cows, pigs, chickens, goats etc.... Did I spend 4-8 hours everyday with my gliders? No I did not. But I did spend time everyday with them even if it was just to offer them treats through the cage bars and checking on them in their pouches to say hello. I spent as much time as I could, WHEN I could. My gliders and I took our time learning about each other at our pace and I honestly had good relationships with those first gliders. Some were more bonded then others but I learned that it was because it was the kind of bond that my gliders wanted and not what I had forced onto them. And I was ok with that.Fast forward today...... I am the store manager now to the same restaurant, my kids are grown and have children of their own and my husband has some health problems, so I am still not able to spend as much time with my gliders as what others claim that they need. But you know what? They still love me, they are still happy, they still have everything they need and we still accept each other for who we are.
I honestly believe that when it comes to owning gliders you need to TRULY understand that they do not NEED our interaction with them several hours a day, everyday to be happy. I cannot imagine my life with out gliders and even though I am not able to take them out every single day, they know that they are loved and well taken care of and I know that they still love me.
Rehoming your sugar gliders is not always the best option for them. And here are some reasons why......Even if you do your best to screen a new home, that may not end up being the best home for your babies. Your babies get stressed with every new move they have to go through. What happens when they have multiple homes all the time for the same reason why you rehomed them?They may not end up taking care of your babies the way you would have wanted them too. Is them not getting as much time as you would like to give them worth that risk to you? If you want to spend more time with them but cannot take them out as much as you would like to, set their cage up in the room of the house that you spend the most time. Even though you may not be able to get them out all the time, you are still bonding with them when you can see/hear them and they can see and hear you. Plus your able to offer them treats more often if they are right there close to you. Just be careful of course that you don't over feed them treats, we wouldn't want them to not eat their dinner. :)The bottom line is this....life happens, it gets in the way. Does that mean that we should not keep our sugar gliders just because they don't get as much "bonding" time with us? (which btw is something that has been drilled into our heads by some so called experts) Are you a mother, homemaker, proffesional or a full time student? Do those things mean you shouldn't have gliders or make you the only people that should have gliders? Is your situation going to stay the way it is forever that is prompting you to think about finding your gliders a new home? Even if your a full time student, a mother of 5, have a stressfull/demanding career, your gliders will still love you reagrdless if you can take them out of their cage once a day, once a week, every couple of weeks. There are many other legitimate reasons why you may need to rehome your gliders, don't make time one of them. When God made time, he made A LOT of it!"
~Sherri Lamb

Hey Leela thanks for your reply I sent you a private message to explain more about my situation.

Carla, I have found myself in that situation. Prior to my first move across country, I developed a routine of 30-40 mins. 3 X a week for "out of cage" play with my gliders. And they were happy with that, they were taken care of, fed well (the main thing they cared about, lol), cage was clean, and ample toys and switch outs to keep them from boredom along with a generous sized cage. Now in the beginning a little extra time was spent for bonding, after the routine was developed I still spent some "cage visits" and a little bit of "pouch time" with them along with their nail trims. This interaction worked perfectly for all of us, my Lulu I noticed that was very neurotic or easily stressed and prone to over grooming, grew her fur back in when this routine was in place.

After the move, the routine was disrupted to the point they had 0 out of cage play. They still got taken care of real well, all their needs met, and cage visits, but I didn't have my own space to really get them out for play times. I faced the same dilemma of considering re homing. But I was afraid that maybe the new home would not care for them to my standards and they were all re homes already. I really couldn't part with them. The only real time, I really feel I would have given them up was if I ended up homeless or couldn't take care of their needs as I feel they should be.